News from BritishAmerican Business
BritishAmerican Business Statement on the Importance of Maintaining Cross-Border Data Flows Data is the lifeblood of the twenty first century economy. It fuels innovation in the private and public sector and is essential to every organisation and businesses effectiveness and growth. Ensuring the cross-border flow of data is one of the top priorities of the…
Press Release: BritishAmerican Business Launches Second Across The Pond Trade Publication in the UK On 15 May 2018, BritishAmerican Business will launch the second of its two Across The Pond trade publications in the UK, produced in collaboration with the British Embassy Washington. The publication features trade stories from 17 large, medium-sized and small UK…
BritishAmerican Business Supports Efforts to Begin Trade Talks Despite Committee Report On 1 May 2018, BritishAmerican Business published a Press Release in response to a recent report by the International Trade Committee, which warned against ‘rushing’ into a trade agreement with the United States. Duncan Edwards, CEO, BritishAmerican Business welcomed the “careful approach” both governments…
British-American Business Council Trade & Investment Update – April 2018 On Friday, 27 April, BABC released the April edition of its monthly Trade and Investment Update newsletter, sent to its membership across 22 chapters spanning the US & UK. This month’s edition featured information on GDPR, including what BABC itself is doing to ensure it…
BritishAmerican Business was delighted this month to be featured in the latest edition of The American, the magazine for American expats and visitors in the UK. Reporting on BAB’s recent successful Transatlantic Growth Awards, the feature highlights the fantastic SMEs that were impressive enough to take home an award for their continued success trading and investing across…
Duncan Edwards, CEO of BritishAmerican Business, was one of four guest panelists participating in a discussion around the current landscape of transatlantic trade and investment between the United States and United Kingdom, one of many panels taking place at the City Week 2018 Conference: “Securing Continuity Against a Backdrop of Global Change.” Speaking to the…
The future of cities is now; and the people powering that future live and work in cities, bringing their energy and ideas to bear on the unique challenges and opportunities of urban life. This year, we are proud to announce a partnership with Smart Cities New York (May 8-10,NY), where a diverse global community of…
Read a commentary on opportunities and challenges that may impact the US’ trade policy when the UK formally departs from the EU, by Emanuel Adam, Executive Director, BAB London and BAB Director of Policy & Trade
On 4th April, the UK parliamentary ‘Exiting the EU Committee’ (for clarity, not a UK government body) published a report based on its inquiry into the Article 50 negotiations through which the UK will leave the EU. The report has 181 paragraphs of detail which you can read here if you would like to. But…
I am happy to be sending you what is the first in a regular series of short quarterly updates on the work of BritishAmerican Business which I hope you will find helpful. Policy work Our fundamental purpose as a non-aligned, transatlantic trade association is to support policies and actions that are designed to…